Thrust 2 by Str4wB34ry

Photography • Transportation • posted on Sep 04, 2009

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Description

Now housed in Coventry Motor Museum, England, Thrust 2 is a British designed and built jet propelled car, which broke the world land speed on October 4, 1983. The car reached a top speed of 650.88 mph (1,047.49 km/h) and broke the record at 633.468 mph (1,019.468 km/h) (average speed of two runs within one hour). The record was achieved at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada USA. It is powered by a single Rolls-Royce Avon jet engine sourced from an English Electric Lightning fighter plane.